[XML-SIG] PyXML and python 2.1

Martin v. Loewis martin@v.loewis.de
Fri, 16 Nov 2001 18:30:51 +0100


> Am having problems trying to install PyXML on Python 2.1 (2.1.1-3mdk
> installed as part of Mandrake 8.1 to be absolutely
> precise). Binaries get installed in /usr/lib/python2.0 and don't
> seem to be picked up properly.

When you say "Binaries", what exactly do you mean? Do you download
pre-compiled binaries from somewhere? If so, wherefrom?

> When I try and build from the source using 'python setup.py install'
> I get
> 
> warning: build_py: package init file 'xml/__init__.py' not found (or
> not a regular file) error: package directory 'xml/dom' does not
> exist

When you invoke "python", what Python version do you get? Can you
please report the full output that "python setup.py install" produces?

Regards,
Martin